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This paper aims the viability of building an ecological citizenship, understood as a response to the environmental crisis, a product of the advance of symbols of the instrumental rationality of modernity. The confluence of diverse theoretical, cultural, educational, philosophical and social movements gave rise to the emergence of a political ecology, which was built on the utilitarian foundations established by Western logos, while allowing a holistic, complex and heterogeneous understanding of relationality man/naturalness. However, the environmental problem was not resolved with the political emergence of ecology; it required entering into sustainable development, with the presence of an ecological citizenry, whose fines are placed on the responsibility and active role of the citizen in favor of the environment, to the communities in the processes of transformation of society. However, to consolidate this proposal, it cannot be achieved without environmental education, thought, in the bureaucratic terms of the academy, as a life training, which must be carried out from birth to death, promoting axiological training and a culture sustained, fair and sustainable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the purpose of this research is to analyze the relationships and growth trends of Industry 4.0 within the global universe of current literature on innovation, limited to the subject area of business, administration, and accounting by means of a bibliometric analysis. Method: Scopus is used as a database for the analysis of 513 documents for the period from 1998 to 2021. VOS viewer was used for processing Scopus database and elaboration of figures representing the relationships between samples. Results: the number of documents is exponentially growing, starting with a trend in 2017 and increasing ever since. The most dynamic source is Technological Forecasting And Social Change. The author with most documents is Voight, K. L. with 10, and the most distinguished institution is the University of Johannesburg with 14 documents. The country with more documents is Italy, with 69. According to the database 69 % of the total documents are articles and 23,4 % are conference papers. The number of documents in the area of Business, Management and Accounting, with 513 documents, exceeds by far any other area, representing 42 % of all documents. The funding sponsor with more documents is the National Natural Science Foundations of China with 13 documents. Some of the most updated organizations are Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, The center for digital labor markets. The country with more documents is United Kingdom with 50 documents and 584 citations, followed by United States with 1110 citations. United States has mainly bonds with China, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. United Kingdom has mainly bonds with France, Italy, Germany and United States. China's main relations are Australia, United States, Pakistan, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil and South Korea. Italy's main bonds are France, Spain, Brazil, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Austria and Portugal. It could be determined that countries are mostly grouped in 6 clusters. Conclusion: Although there are not many publications yet, it can be inferred that the term industry 4.0 within the available literature of innovation will keep increasing exponentially over time reinforcing relations between authors, institutions and countries. Based on the current state of literature, the subject area of business, management, and accounting will keep on being the one that encompasses most of the available documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent decades, renewable energies have become increasingly important at the global level, with a significant impact on the sustainable development of various nations. Although multiple papers have examined the efficiency of policies and instruments to promote renewable energy sources, the majority have disregarded the fact that the context in which policies are implemented determines how well they perform. This paper analyzes renewable energy development in the electricity market in Argentina, paying special mind to the contextual conditions in which the policies were designed and finding that in recent history, it is precisely these conditions that constitute the main reason why renewable energies have such a low degree of penetration in the electrical power system in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the current situation of urban poverty in Latin America, its territorial and economic implications, as well as the social policies related to it. Based on the conceptual framework of poverty and city, it attempts to clarify the nature, causes, and consequences of urban poverty compared to rural poverty. Further, it provides an overview of the characteristics and conditions of urban poverty in Latin America from a multidimensional perspective. Lastly, it examines the social policies driven by Latin American countries with the aim to not only overcome urban poverty but also contribute to social inclusion, as well as to build strategies and effective programs in the era of sustainable development. In short, social policies should be established using comprehensive strategies or programs depending on the historical, political, economic and social contexts and based on a redefinition of urban poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The industrial age was characterized by the accumulation of the capital and of the physical property, on the other hand, in the new age post industrial or the third wave like her Alvin Toffler names (1979) the estimable thing they are the intangible forms of power that they present in packages of information and in intellectual assets, for what the physical character of the economy diminishes, dematerialization in a hyperconnected and intelligent world. During most of the history of the humanity, the pace of the innovations was slow, however, from the Second World War the use and development of the technology has experienced an exponential growth. The companies, the organizations and the individuals who have could integrate, adapt and use these new technologies are benefiting what such tools can achieve. The technological revolution must not be in itself an end, but a way. The benefits that's bringing the technology are great and very important, but there's no denying that new problems are emerging linked to technological development, and some of them with dangers and seriously harmful consequences for the man and his environment. Informatics and the industry in general haven't spared no effort to develop rapidly, but in most cases, at the expense of environmental degradation. Already in 1970 the Pope Paul VI referred to the ecological problematic in the speech before the FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, emphasizing that the most surprising scientific progresses and the most prodigious economic growth, if they aren't accompanied by an authentic social and moral progress, turn against the man. In equal sense, the Pope Juan Paul II (1979) in his first Encyclical, (Redemptor hominis) warned that the persons seem to perceive of the natural environment only what they serve to the ends of a use and consumption. However, the Technologies of Information and Communication (ICTs) can be an ally in the fight against climate change through processes called green technologies, which are part of the concept of green economy as context of sustainable development, according to the final document of Rio + 20. This paper will detail the incidence of informatics in the different areas and will describe in general terms, each of the methods and computer products ecological. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Rebound Effect and the Environmental Kuznets Curve are hypothesis linked with the orthodox economic theoretical background. Both are closely related to innovation, income dynamic, and technological change externalities which support economic growth. These are consistent and well-known hypothesis, but also unsuitable when they are compared among themselves. The Environmental Kuznets Curve has been understood as dematerialization, just a spearhead discursive strategy for sustainable development. By contrast, Rebound does not match the dematerialization assumption. Instead, it shows that paradoxically the aggregate use of resources rises when some innovations to save them are displayed. The aim of this paper is to explore this unsuitable relation between both hypotheses and then try to offer a new sight about sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently available in public transportation the need to constantly replace brake Pasta factor mainly due to wear and for safety reasons. This paper proposes to create the basis for the overall design of a prototype machine capable of re- use and reduce the size of the brake pastas public transport that are out of use to be used as the main agent in a slurry. This paste is used as insulation material in construction, covering walls and ceilings, also in the development of solid base paving streets. To implement this proposal using the method of Bond blocks in order to estimate the initial size of the mill and the necessary power through the creation of a BM- Crush numerical program, thus avoiding pilots to build mills where this is possible. The main results obtained are the general methodology for calculating the mechanical power and the necessary dimensions of the mill based on any changes in the initial conditions of operation, as well as the distribution of the grinding media and their sizing. Critical velocity is estimated on this basis established the optimal speed at which to rotate the ball mill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms by which an indigenous social enterprise contributes to a rural community's sustainable develop- ment and improves the quality of life of its inhabitants. The work follows a qualitative methodology and uses the case study as a research technique. The theoretical framework deployed to identify the nature of the dynamics involved is social entrepreneurship, as a means of fighting poverty and changing patterns of socio-economic exclusion. The research suggests that social enterprise uses four main mechanisms to promote rural sustainable development in the community where it operates: innovation in the ex-ploitation methods of natural resources, labor as a source of quality of life, bonding and development of local suppliers; and the equitable sharing of benefits between the economic, social and environmental dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper offers an analysis of the situation presented by environmental education at the high-school level, by means of a case study done in the municipality of Campeche. There was performed exploratory research which combined quantitative and qualitative methods to diagnose high-school students' level of environmental culture, as well as the type of environmental education they receive. The results indicate that students have a low level of environmental awareness, and lack the necessary knowledge and skills with which to make environmentally-friendly changes in their lifestyles. Although they show an interest in environmental issues, both their institutional context and their teachers' low level of qualification operate as factors that discourage the students. The results allowed us to identify windows of opportunity for environmental education in the light of the students' positive attitudes, their interest in learning sustainable practices, and the importance of the school as a source of information on the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper health is analyzed as a constitutive element of human development theory. The social, political and institutional determinants that allow access to health are considered crucial to achieve a sustainable society. Also, a measurement of health indicators in Mexico and Nuevo Leon state is presented. These indicators have been considered by international strategies such as the Human Development Index (IDH), Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals (ODM). Additionally, the analysis uses the Gini coefficient applied to health indicators in order to determine population equity advances and development of health opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper makes a reference about the importance of the public transportation systems development in Mexico City through a perspective of service quality and its relation with the sustainable development, related to the environmental pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper makes a reference about the importance of the public transportation systems development in Mexico City through a perspective of service quality and its relation with the sustainable development, related to the environmental pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the social and environmental space used by the Antofagasta de la Sierra community in the province of Catamarca, Argentina. It considers the social units of production, animal populations, available pastures and the patterns of use and possession of the land. It aims to identify and evaluate patterns regarding the use of space and the natural environment and discusses the official incentives for economic development for this sector of the Meridional Puna, Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable development is not a fashion anymore, it has become a need. From the happenings of Bhopal, India, and Chernobyl, former Soviet Union, to the ozone layer reduction and the recent controversy between Uruguay and Argentina regarding the paper production plant installation at one or the other border sides (and which, according to some authors, rather hides the fact that both countries want those investments for their own territory), the sustainability is more and more a requirement imbedded in public policy. These notes address these issues from the foreign trade viewpoint, by analyzing the trans-border implications of the pollution and the way businesses, governments, and civil society try to minimize the adverse effects of the international trade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper, from the power relations and sustainable development perspective, deals with the problem of water supply in Ocotlan, as a result of public policies for regional development implemented in the country during the 50's, last century. Ever since, the city's economic activity changed and there was an urban-industrial growth, and consequently, an increase of the water demand. Nevertheless, the water resource supply was prioritized over the domestic sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the antecedents and challenges presented to the didactics of geography after the UNESCO's declaration of the education's decade of sustentability 2005-2014. This is an opportunity for the didactics of geography to contribute in the long run building of a society based on solidarity and equity. A society where the today's youngsters have enough knowledge, good judgement and attitudes to take appropriate decisions regarding the geographical space and the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I present a synthesis of what is understood for territorial management and its different stages when applied to specific cases. It departs from the concept that territorial management is not only a technical, economic, and political issue but also a cultural one, where the value systems play a very important role, because each society arranges its space according to its culture. Only by this way we may reach a sustainable territorial management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the project of construction of an industrial complex in the Rio Itata Valley, located in Bío-Bío Región, Ñuble Province, Ranquil Commune, Velenunque area, 54 kilometers North east from Concepción and 34 kilometers south west from Chillán. Ranquil commune or district, according to PNUD., is the least developed in the region and in the country. The proyect of "Empresa Celco Arauco y Constitución S.A." represents an initial investment of US $1.400.000. There is a strong opposition to the project because of the possible pollution that the complex might cause which would affect the sustainable development. However, the current country regulations have made the industrial project possible, this being a historical expectation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]